SOO PARK v. THOMPSON

No. 14-56655.

851 F.3d 910 (2017)

Kelly SOO PARK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Karen THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Becky S. James (argued) and Jessica W. Rosen, James & Stewart LLP, Pacific Palisades, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Anthony P. Serritella (argued), Deputy City Attorney; Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney; Jeanette Schachtner, Chief Deputy City Attorney; Santa Monica City Attorney's Office, Santa Monica, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Fernandez.


OPINION

Kelly Soo Park was tried by the state of California for the murder of Juliana Redding. Before trial, the judge ruled that she would not allow Park to present any evidence of third-party culpability after Park's key witness on that question, Melissa Ayala, invoked her Fifth Amendment privilege and refused...

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